/lit/ - Literature

>Look, dude, it makes no rational sense and serves no purpose to be hurt because I kicked you in the balls, so just don't feel hurt! That simple! I'm off to my villa #13 now btw, you're welcome
>Veritatis simplex ok haha :)

Refute Stoicism.
I bet you cant.

Who are some stoic authors worth reading besides Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius?

Meditations was my first big boy book in high school, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. At this point, I know the first two paragraphs to Book 12 by heart, and it is always a good (and surprisingly comfy) kick in the ass when life gets hard. But I’ve come to accept that it’s little more than glorified self-help. Sure, it deals with darker problems (death, especially) and it has a patrician flourish because of who wrote it and when it was written, but the stoics’ actual philosophy simply doesn’t hold up today. Modern science hardly lends itself to any view of a rational world of perfectly moving parts. It is comforting when life gets tough to think this way, but it is not sound. At least Seneca’s letters to Lucilius adopt a more casual form since they’re straight-up advice on how to get by. But the Enchiridion and Marcus’ Meditations have not aged well in this respect.

>if somebody kills your wife just keep cool and let him walk away
Was Marcus Aurelius retarded?

Fellas, if you had to teach English curriculum, what books would you pick?

Was it good or a meme?